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Paris10
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PostFri Nov 30, 2007 7:25 pm    The Legendary Evel Knievel Dies at 69

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/30/obit.knievel/index.html

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(CNN) -- Evel Knievel, the motorcycle daredevil whose stunts -- including an attempted leap over Idaho's Snake River Canyon -- made him a popular cultural figure, is dead, according to his Web site, evelknievel.com. He was 69.


I will never forget his attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon....That was priceless...


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Debra
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PostFri Nov 30, 2007 9:35 pm    

RIP Evel Knievel....

i remember hearing about his jobs
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PostSun Dec 02, 2007 4:41 pm    

Yes, I just watched a documentary about him yesterday. I'll share my favorite story about him:

He was doing a practice run when a member of the hell's angels threw a tire iron at him. He missed. Evel turned around and drove right at the man. He threw the bike down throwing the criminal head over heals. Suddenly he was surrounded by members of the Hell's Angels. The spectators awaiting Evel's show quickly beat the crap out of the gang members. Evel always stood up against drugs and alchohal abuse. This is why they attacked him.

R.I.P.


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